At that time, Yang He and Liu Zeqing had made all the preparations, and the 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Zheng family army led by them were composed of 6,000 soldiers of the cavalry battalion and 4,000 soldiers of the Shenji battalion, and it was impossible for such a combat artillery battalion to participate.

There was still snow in the sky, and it looked a little smaller.

There has been a change between heaven and earth, looking at the sky and the earth, everywhere is white, some branches can hardly bear the weight of the snow, there is a creaking sound, more dead trees have been crushed, with the naked eye can no longer tell where the official road is, let alone walk on the official road.

The scout battalion had already prepared for everything, and they set out at the end of the day, surveying the road and making conspicuous markings on both sides of the official road, so that the army could follow the markings.

The soldiers' eyes are covered with a layer of black cloth, and many people feel uncomfortable, but this is a discipline requirement, no one is allowed to take off the black cloth on their faces before arriving at the destination, as for Yang He and Liu Zeqing and other officers, they are wearing hats covered with black cloth, and the effect is the same, but unfortunately they can't find so many hats overnight, so most of the sergeants can only be covered with black cloth.

The effect of ginger water and pepper water is fully reflected, it is said that under such a cold climate, there should be many soldiers who feel uncomfortable, and even have symptoms of cough and typhoid fever, but among the nearly 50,000 troops, almost no appeared, and every sergeant drank hot ginger water and pepper water.

Zheng Xunrui's decision made Li Yan and others admired the five-body land, so when the sky was not yet dawn, they took a part of the sergeants and went to Baoding Mansion City again, this time they wanted to buy a large number of peppers and ginger, and it was okay to buy all the peppers and ginger in Baoding Mansion City.

Zheng Jinhong and others have already arrived at the Chinese military tent, and the law enforcement battalion is reporting the results of the battle.

“…… After killing 16,627 Houjin Tartars, 5,507 were captured alive, and Du Du, the commander of Houjin Tatars, was captured, and 3,555 people were killed in Zheng's army. 2,172 people were seriously injured, and there is no statistics for minor injuries for the time being......"

Zheng Xunrui's face had no expression, but the faces of Zheng Jinhong and the others became a little ugly.

With such a huge advantage, the Zheng family army fought with the Houjin Tartars. The casualties still reached more than 5,000 people, in fact, it was impossible for the seriously injured soldiers to continue to participate in the battle, and they had to find a place to recuperate from their wounds with peace of mind. It is impossible to go to the battlefield for the rest of his life, and not to mention the seriously injured soldiers, in such a harsh climate, there will definitely be no survivors, and the number of soldiers killed will definitely increase.

Zheng Jinhong personally led the cavalry battalion to fight with the Houjin Tartars, and in the process of fighting, he felt the tenacity of the Houjin Tartars.

Zheng Xunrui looked at everyone and spoke.

"Yesterday someone said about the fight. Zheng Jiajun wants to annihilate the Houjin Tartars who plundered the pass, after the results of the two battles come out, they must be sober up a lot, the Houjin Tartars are indeed combative, when Nurhachi led the Houjin Tartars, in the ice and snow, in the harsh environment to kill a way out, let the Houjin gradually grow stronger, this is by no means a show, think about so many armies in the imperial court. Why is it a fiasco in the face of the Houjin Tartars, the battle of Salhu, the imperial court sent the most elite army, regardless of the number of people. In terms of equipment, they all occupied an absolute advantage, but they were still defeated, with casualties reaching more than 50,000 people, and all the places around Salhu were occupied by the Houjin Tartars. ”

"Let's talk about the battle of the Great Ling River. Huang Taiji personally led the army, so that the imperial army stationed in Dalinghe City and the reinforced imperial army were all defeated, and finally the Dalinghe City under construction was completely destroyed by the Houjin Tartars. ”

"All this shows that the Houjin Tartar has extraordinary combat effectiveness, we want to defeat the Houjin Tartar, completely defeat the Houjin Tartar, but we must respect the opponent more, only by truly respecting the opponent and seeing our own strength clearly, we can pull out the Houjin Tartar from the root."

"I hope that the results of this battle can make you realize the actual situation, we can't be ambitious, we can't think about eating fat in one go, we must be down-to-earth, step by step, there is a good saying, the Great Wall is not built overnight."

Zheng Xunrui's words were serious, which also made everyone a little silent, and even Yang He and Liu Zeqing, who were full of confidence and ready to set off on the expedition again, became a lot more cautious.

Everyone knows that the two rounds of attacks by the Shenji Battalion and the Artillery Battalion killed a lot of Houjin Tartars, although this number cannot be accurately counted, but at least 3,000 to 4,000 people, and the greatest merit of the Shenji Battalion and the Artillery Battalion is to completely destroy the defense line of the Houjin Tartars, so that the Houjin Tartars can respond to the battle in a hurry.

Calculated from the number of people, the cavalry battalion killed and captured the Houjin Tartars, close to 20,000, and the number of casualties of the Zheng family army reached more than 5,000 people, the ratio was roughly one to four, the Zheng family army occupied an absolute advantage, but under what circumstances such an advantage was achieved, Zheng Jinhong and others knew in their hearts.

Such a result does show that the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartars is not ordinary, and other armies, on the basis of suffering such a serious blow, have no resistance at all, and they have long collapsed.

The experience of the Han army under Kong Youde clearly illustrates this point.

At this time, everyone should understand why the Houjin Tartars were able to kill from the distant upper reaches of the Liao River, why they were able to occupy large areas such as Shenyang and Liaoyang, and why they were able to defeat the imperial army repeatedly.

After saying these heartfelt words, Zheng Xunrui asked everyone to take a look at the seriously injured soldiers and the fallen soldiers, and after seeing the performance of these soldiers, I believe everyone can understand how to lead the many soldiers of the Zheng family army to fight in the future.

Zheng Xunrui had already gone to visit the seriously injured Zheng Jiajun soldiers, the emotions of these soldiers had a great shock to him, no one complained of bitterness, they all gritted their teeth and insisted, Lang Zhong who accompanied the army did not sleep all night, and he was always treating, Li Yan and others also found a large number of Lang Zhong from Baoding Fucheng and purchased a large number of medicinal materials.

Zheng Xunrui saw with his own eyes that several overwounded sergeants had their eyes closed forever amid the shouts of the people around them, and there were a lot of blood marks around their lips, which were caused by enduring extraordinary pain.

Zheng Xunrui also went to see the remains of the fallen soldiers, after dawn, these bodies will all be cremated, the ashes will be brought back to Huai'an, handed over to the families of the soldiers, the remains of the fallen soldiers are waiting for a special person, most of the soldiers in the law enforcement battalion are waiting all night, these soldiers' faces, can not see too much sadness, more perseverance.

Everything he saw made Zheng Xunrui understand that there is a spirit that has been established in the Zheng family's army, this spirit is called the soul of the army, the stronger the army spirit, the stronger the combat effectiveness, such an army can not be defeated or dragged out, no matter how heavy the losses are encountered, it can always grow again at the right opportunity.

The Zheng family army, which was created by Chongzhen in the fourth year, has been eight years now, and the Zheng family army, which has experienced countless battles, has become truly strong, and this army can already be proud of the world. It is precisely because of this reason that Zheng Xunrui cherishes this army even more, and there must be casualties in battle, which cannot be avoided, but how to minimize casualties is what officers at all levels of the Zheng family army need to consider, especially him, the commander, every battle needs to be cautious and make the most perfect combat deployment possible.

When Zheng Jinhong returned to the Chinese military tent, his eyes were a little red, and he slept very well last night, after all, Zheng Jiajun had won such a major victory, as the chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun, he must have been relieved in his heart, but just now he went to visit many seriously injured sergeants and fallen soldiers, he was greatly shocked, and even felt self-blame in his heart, after all, most of the seriously injured soldiers were soldiers of the cavalry battalion, and they were seriously injured in the battle with the Houjin Tartars.

"Jinhong, there will be casualties in battle, don't blame yourself too much, let you go and see, I just want you to understand that fighting is cruel, we must avoid falling into endless cruel fighting in the future, you are the chief soldier of the Zheng family's army, and you are also the person I trust the most, I hope you can fully understand this truth."

After being silent for a while, Zheng Jinhong suddenly spoke.

"Young master, my subordinates understand, and my subordinates hope that the young master can rule the world as soon as possible."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Zheng Jinhong, and his eyes revealed that Zheng Jinhong had made too much progress compared to before.

"Okay, you accompany me to see the captives of the Houjin Tartars, I wanted to go last night, but I didn't."

Zheng Jinhong's face was a little hesitant.

Seeing Zheng Jinhong's face, Zheng Xunrui knew what was going on.

"Jin Hong, I know that all the soldiers of the Zheng family army hate the Houjin Tartars, I will not force many soldiers to accept the Houjin Tartars, it will not be possible in a short period of time, the Houjin Tartars do not treat the Han people as people, they are extremely vicious, that is their defects and problems, but we can't do this, you have to remember that any person in a higher position, without a broad mind and lofty ambitions, is impossible to succeed, hatred can be remembered, can be vented when fighting, but hatred can not be inherited, We need to learn to forget hatred, you need to remember that. ”

Zheng Jinhong nodded and did not speak.

"Okay, I won't go to see those captured Houjin Tartars, let's deal with them according to the old rules, all the officers above Niu Lu Ezhen will be killed, and the rest of the Houjin Tartars, send special personnel, temporarily detained, I am ready to write a note to the imperial court, these prisoners, or hand them over to the imperial court to deal with." (To be continued.) )